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"No Child Left Inside" · Accessibility · Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Family life · Through the Power of Sport

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog for July 13, 2017: a Different Kind of Independence

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Independence for those of us living a wheelchair lifestyle means different things for different people. For my husband, Geoff, independence is creativity paired with accessibility. We live in a beautiful place where so much is accessible to our family, a place where adaptive programs like Eastern Adaptive Sports and New England Disabled Sports and Adaptive… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog for July 13, 2017: a Different Kind of Independence

"No Child Left Inside" · Conversations with Kids · Education · Growing Up New Hampshire · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

For the Lady who Complained Our White Mountains are “Disgraceful,” We Beg to Differ…

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    Dear Mary Altz-Smith of Birmingham, AL, Recently, The Union Leader published your letter to the editor expressing your disappointment in the conditions of our White Mountain trails.   Respectfully, many of us who actually live here actually got quite a kick out of your complaints, including this incredible group of girls we have… Continue reading For the Lady who Complained Our White Mountains are “Disgraceful,” We Beg to Differ…

Conversations with Kids · Education · Family life · Local · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Adapt: Setting a Course for the Future

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On June 6-7, please consider NH Gives, a day of giving for NH non profit organizations. We all have many causes which are near and dear to our hearts.  Adapt (www.adaptnh.org) is just one of mine.   So please mark your calendars and check out the following link for more information: https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/adapt-703a3b1d-fe40-4a6d-876c-9450a2a99a62 Adapt is a… Continue reading Adapt: Setting a Course for the Future

"No Child Left Inside" · Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Family life · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

PUBLISHED on the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog: May 11, 2017

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Let’s face it; most parenting is adaptive as we learn to adjust to the little people who come into our lives. Just when we believe we have found an answer, they grow, change, evolve, and send us back to the drawing table. This month, Geoff made a bold mood. He decided, while I was taking… Continue reading PUBLISHED on the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog: May 11, 2017

"No Child Left Inside" · Adaptive Adventure · Family life · Growing Up New Hampshire · Local · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Next Steps for Lincoln Woodstock: Let’s Build the Riverfront Park!

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May 8 is an important date in the process of the Riverfront Park development, including many bits of awesomeness for young and old, local and tourist: an outdoor amphitheater, playground, dog park, canoe launch, and skate park.   Please consider joining us on May 8 at 5:30 at the Lincoln Town Hall as our voice is… Continue reading Next Steps for Lincoln Woodstock: Let’s Build the Riverfront Park!

"No Child Left Inside" · Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Family life · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Team Hiking: It’s Not About Reaching the Top; It’s What We Build Along the Way

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This is teamwork beneath blue bird skies in April.  Each person in this group is an integral part of what we’ve deemed the best kind of team hiking, the kind where at day’s end you feel like you’ve truly conquered a mountain, and you have.  You are exhausted and smelly and proud and maybe even… Continue reading Team Hiking: It’s Not About Reaching the Top; It’s What We Build Along the Way

Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Growing Up New Hampshire · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

March Madness: Tuckerman’s Ravine

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There is so much for me to love about this photo: the Tuckerman Ravine sign behind us, my dad being fit enough to hike up to the Ravine, my then almost two year old niece Ella fiercely gripping 9 week old Carver’s fat little fist, my brother and sister- in- law who trekked in taking… Continue reading March Madness: Tuckerman’s Ravine

Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Education · Through the Power of Sport

Universal Design: All for One and One for All

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We play with wheelchairs– for fun.  That’s how we roll here in Alpine Village, especially when a gently used one is dropped off as a donation for Eastern Adaptive Sports.  Some people leave handmedown clothes in bags; we are left handmedown wheelchairs because when people need them, they need them.  They are often challenging, time… Continue reading Universal Design: All for One and One for All

Growing Up New Hampshire · Mom is Doing Her Best · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Sliding Away in the Steeps

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The one on the far left is the one who almost peed her pants while sliding down Cruiser at warp speed. I almost peed my pants sliding down Loon Mountain on Sunday when I should have been skinning up with two friends.   No injuries were sustained, fortunately, and a very nice older man and lady… Continue reading Sliding Away in the Steeps